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1、CriticalSuccessFactorsinInternationalDevelopmentProjectManagementYoungHoonKwak,Ph.D.AssistantProfessorProjectManagementProgramDepartmentofManagementScienceMonroeHall403TheGeorgeWashingtonUniversityWashington,DC20052USATel:202-994-7115Fax:202-994-2736E-Mail:kwak@g
2、wu.eduAcceptedtoCIB10thInternationalSymposiumConstructionInnovation&GlobalCompetitiveness,Cincinnati,Ohio,Sept.9-13,2002CriticalSuccessFactorsinInternationalDevelopmentProjectManagementYoungHoonKwak,Ph.D.AssistantProfessorProjectManagementProgramDepartmentofManag
3、ementScienceMonroeHall403TheGeorgeWashingtonUniversityWashington,DC20052USAE-Mail:kwak@gwu.eduABSTRACTInternationalDevelopmentProjectenvironmentisfarmorecomplexthandomesticprojectsinindustrializedcountries.TheWorldBankGroup'sdataandotherevidencesuggesthighinciden
4、tsofchallengedinternationaldevelopmentprojects.Therearemanyinternalandexternal,visibleandinvisiblefactorsthatinfluencetheenvironmentandcreateahighamountofriskinaccomplishingtheprojectobjectives.Thispaperelaboratesaconceptualframeworkforinternationaldevelopmentpro
5、jectmanagementandthecharacteristicsofinternationaldevelopmentprojects,whichshouldbetakenintoconsiderationduringtheprojectinitiationandprojectplanningphasesinordertoenhanceprojectsuccess.Thispaperalsoidentifiesthefactorsthatcausecompletedorinprogressinternationald
6、evelopmentprojectstobechallenged.Thefactorshavebeenclassifiedintotencategoriesbasedontheirnature.Thesecoverissuesofpolitical,legal,cultural,technical,managerial,economical,environmental,social,corruption,andphysical.Thispaperdescribesthesefactorswithaviewtounders
7、tandtheirnaturefromtheperspectiveoftheprojectmanagerswhoarerequiredtomanageinternationaldevelopmentprojects.1.INTRODUCTIONTheinternationaldevelopmentprojectenvironmentposesspecialproblemsfortheprojectmanagersduetoinherentcharacteristics.TheWorldBankGroup'sdata(Wo
8、rldBank,1999)andotherevidence(Bastani,1988,Beamish,1993)suggesthighincidentsofchallengedinternationaldevelopmentprojects.Thispaperattemptstoidentifythefactorst